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May 9, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • What's in your state's interstate compact for military children?;
  • Gentlemen (and ladies) start your engines;
  • Waxing poetic;
  • Credit where credit is due;
  • Get your learnin' on;
  • Tobacco bans change social norms for kids;
  • The Super Bowl of science.

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April 25, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • A tarnished silver anniversary?;
  • Board members tell Congress help is needed;
  • The way it's supposed to be;
  • Feeling green;
  • TMZ: the Supreme Court edition?;
  • More is worse for NCLB.

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April 18, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Violence prevention hits home;
  • Lovin' Mother Earth;
  • Leading by example;
  • Life as we know it;
  • Aw, nuts!

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March 14, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Digital ethnography;
  • You're fired!
  • Lifelong learning

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February 29, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Push and shove: BoardBuzz recently visited NSBA's re-designed Legislative Action Center;
  • We love a good cause!;
  • American students have lost touch with history;
  • Kindergarten hair war;
  • The one presidential debate that's not happening;
  • Seeing the "sites"

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February 27, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Can he do it? The fate of NCLB reauthorization rests in the hands of Senator Ted Kennedy;
  • What's all this fuss about homework??;
  • Fashion Week, NSBA style;
  • Somethin' for nothin' - From Cyberbullying to Cell Phones: Navigating through the Legal Questions and Answers;
  • Better than ginkgo biloba!

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February 15, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Would you believe that it's time to save the date for Read for the Record;
  • Drawing the line on cyber bullying;
  • School boards push Congress on NCLB;
  • Battling the beast of budget;
  • Sometimes a joke just isn't funny ... it's duct tape.

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February 1, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • A sizzling debate;
  • Please, hold all my calls;
  • Show me the mon-ayyy!;
  • Haven't we seen this movie before?

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January 18, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • A different kind of buzz;
  • Making sense of high school graduation rates;
  • Having our say: Social Networking;
  • Addressing Diversity's Gray Areas;

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January 11, 2008

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • A little planning goes a long way;
  • NCLB turns 6 and everyone has something to say;
  • A different kind of popularity contest;
  • A judicial—and judicious?—blow to NCLB;
  • A low blow: Florida bans droopy pants

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December 21, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • The good, the bad and the ugly (about smoking);
  • The middle school pressure cooker;
  • Talk about giving a gift;
  • Reach out and touch someone;
  • ... and a Happy New Year!

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December 14, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast

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  • Girls rule!;
  • Got Science?;
  • An ounce of intervention;
  • Two wrongs don't make NCLB right;
  • The power in partnerships;
  • Zero tolerance or zero common sense?;
  • Is more better?

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November 30, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 11/26/07

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  • Biotech buzz;
  • Carrots or chocolate? Not what you think;
  • International reading scores provide surprising results;
  • Leaving NCLB behind?

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November 16, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 11/12/07

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  • Sidney Poitier joins already stellar conference line up;
  • Growth Models: A Silver Bullet?;
  • Putting out the call on behalf of the National Teachers Hall of Fame;
  • Ed action on tap before Congress breaks for holidays.

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November 2, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 10/28/07

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  • Good news, bad news on Congressional front;
  • Boo! say some parents to Halloween costume restrictions;
  • High school dropout factories?;
  • It takes a village to raise . . . student achievement

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October 26, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 10/22/07

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  • NSBA 2008 Annual Conference lines up top speakers;
  • Interviews with NSBA's 20 to Watch Emerging Technology Leaders;
  • So tell us how you really feel: AASA releases State of the American School Superintendency study;
  • Having their say: Boise, Idaho Parent-Community Advisory Council practices true community engagement.

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October 19, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 10/15/2007

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  • Arizona's private school tax credits under question;
  • NSBA testifies on Science Technology Engineering and Math education (STEM);
  • Reauthorization timing of No Child Left Behind key to improving schools;
  • A sign of the times: school districts revise academic curriculum to give students more 21st century learning opportunities;
  • Birth control debate boils in Maine.

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October 5, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 10/01/07

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  1. Poll shows public fed up with the Feds: these are woeful times for the federal government in the eyes of Americans;
  2. Parts of the whole: BoardBuzz is really excited about a new initiative from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  3. Another voucher argument comes up short;
  4. About face: Facebook, the social networking site that's a favorite among teens, has now tapped the parent market too.

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September 27, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 9/24/07

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  1. Nine of one, half dozen of another? The Little Rock Nine are marking their 50th anniversary today;
  2. School board research recap: the debate of the effectiveness of school boards doesn't have much basis in research;
  3. NAEP scores prove positive;
  4. We couldn't resist: President Bush's comments on NAEP scores.

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September 21, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 9/17/07

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  1. Don't let the bedbugs bite: Recent studies suggest that pulling all-nighters may not be the best way to improve grades and student performance;
  2. Can’t get no dissatisfaction: Dissatisfaction Theory of American Democracy says simply that when voters are dissatisfied, they get out and vote to change whatever it is they are dissatisfied with;
  3. Money and madness take over in Utah voucher fight: a Sutherland Institute essay essentially attempts to link the fate of the Mormon church to support for vouchers;
  4. The Jonathan Adkins Diet? Education advocate Jonathan Kozol is on a hunger strike to protest NCLB;
  5. Rallying for the "Jena 6"

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September 14, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 9/10/07

This week's podcast

  1. Speechless in Seattle? There is an interesting legal case out of Washington that just reached an out-of-court settlement with three former editors of a high school student newspaper;
  2. Packin' a silly punch: BoardBuzz loves a quirky story, and this is actually a two-fer. There are two contests out there for students to participate in -- each involving packing supplies;
  3. No wonder Napoleon had a complex: "Kindergarten teachers typically underestimate the intellectual abilities of boys who are shorter than their classmates";
  4. NCLB reauthorization process begins, NSBA testifies: Capitol Hill is abuzz with supporters and critics of the No Child Left Behind law as Congress gears up to start the law's reauthorization process;
  5. Film school: For many of us, and certainly for students now, films are used to supplement all different kinds of lessons;
  6. What does merit pay merit? Should teachers be paid for performance?

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September 7, 2007

Now hear this: BoardBuzz podcasts are here!

BoardBuzz is delighted to announce that our podcasts are now available! Yes, that's right, you can now get your BoardBuzz fix by reading OR by listening. It's easy. Simply visit BoardBuzz or subscribe to our new and improved podcast-ready feed to listen to our weekly podcast which recaps the week's stories.

This Week's Podcast
Week of 8/27/07
Week of 8/20/07
Week of 8/13/07
Week of 8/6/07

The weekly podcasts will be posted every Friday for your listening pleasure! For more information on what a podcast is, check out the podcast FAQs on the iTunes Web site."

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August 31, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 8/27/07

Show notes:

  1. The cell phone debate has started up again;

  2. Double vision on how the public sees No Child Left Behind?;

  3. Recently released reports on 2007 ACT and SAT results;

  4. Dropout rates among at-risk students

This week's podcast

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August 24, 2007

BoardBuzz podcast: week of 8/20/07

Show notes:

  1. Utah voucher crowd getting desperate;

  2. NSBA Annual Conference website now live;

  3. Deadline approaches for 2008 Magna Awards;

  4. T+L Conference focuses on creativity and innovation;

  5. U.K. appoints new Children's Laureate

This week's podcast

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